# 2016 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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The 2016 United States presidential election in Arkansas was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Arkansas voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. Arkansas has six electoral votes in the Electoral College.
Although Clinton once served as the First Lady of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and from 1983 to 1992 as the wife of then-Governor Bill Clinton, Arkansas was considered to be a state Trump would win or otherwise a safe red state. Bill Clinton won the state twice in 1992 and 1996, but the state has trended Republican in every election since 2000, and no Democrat has won a statewide election there since 2010. Trump won the state with 60.57% of the vote, and Hillary Clinton received 33.65% of the vote. The Republican candidate has carried Arkansas in every election starting in 2000. This is also the first election in which the state simultaneously voted for a Republican presidential candidate and a Republican Senate candidate. Arkansas was 1 of 11 states that voted twice for Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996 that Hillary Clinton lost in 2016.
Trump's 60.57% share of the vote is the best result for the Republicans in Arkansas since Richard Nixon in 1972. The Prohibition Party candidate, James Hedges, also had the notable achievement of finishing third in Arkansas County, ahead of major third-party candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein, the only county in the country where he did so.

## Primary elections

On March 1, 2016, in the presidential primaries, Arkansas voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, Republican, Green, Libertarian, Constitution, and Prohibition parties' respective nominees for president. Registered members of each party only voted in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated chose any one primary in which to vote.

### Democratic primary
#### Results

Primary date: March 1, 2016 National delegates: 37
e • d 2016 Democratic Party's presidential nominating process in Arkansas – Summary of results – :
| Candidate | Popular vote | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | Estimated delegates | Estimated delegates |
| Candidate | Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total |
| Hillary Clinton | 146,057 | 66.08% | 22 | 5 | 27 |
| Bernie Sanders | 66,236 | 29.97% | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) | 2,785 | 1.26% | | | |
| John Wolfe Jr. | 2,556 | 1.16% | | | |
| James Valentine | 1,702 | 0.77% | | | |
| Rocky De La Fuente | 1,684 | 0.76% | | | |
| Total | 221,020 | 100% | 32 | 5 | 37 |
| Sources: ||||||

### Republican primary

Twelve candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:
Arkansas Republican primary, March 1, 2016 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | Actual delegate count | Actual delegate count |
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Bound | Unbound | Total |
| Donald Trump | 134,744 | 32.79% | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Ted Cruz | 125,340 | 30.50% | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Marco Rubio | 101,910 | 24.80% | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Ben Carson | 23,521 | 5.72% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kasich | 15,305 | 3.72% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) | 4,792 | 1.17% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeb Bush (withdrawn) | 2,402 | 0.58% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rand Paul (withdrawn) | 1,151 | 0.28% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 631 | 0.15% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) | 411 | 0.10% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 292 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lindsey Graham (withdrawn) | 252 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Jindal (withdrawn) | 169 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unprojected delegates: | Unprojected delegates: | Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 410,920 | 100.00% | 40 | 0 | 40 |
| Source: The Green Papers ||||||

## General election
### Predictions

The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for Arkansas as of Election Day.
| Source | Ranking | As of |
| Los Angeles Times | Safe R | November 6, 2016 |
| CNN | Safe R | November 8, 2016 |
| Rothenberg Political Report | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
| NBC | Likely R | November 7, 2016 |
| RealClearPolitics | Safe R | November 8, 2016 |
| Fox News | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
| ABC | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |

### Results

2016 United States presidential election in Arkansas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | % | Electoral votes |
| | Republican | Donald Trump | Mike Pence | 684,872 | 60.57% | 6 |
| | Democratic | Hillary Clinton | Tim Kaine | 380,494 | 33.65% | 0 |
| | Libertarian | Gary Johnson | William Weld | 29,949 | 2.65% | 0 |
| | Independent | Evan McMullin | Nathan Johnson | 13,176 | 1.17% | 0 |
| | Green | Jill Stein | Ajamu Baraka | 9,473 | 0.84% | 0 |
| | Prohibition Party | Jim Hedges | Bill Bayes | 4,709 | 0.42% | 0 |
| | Constitution | Darrell Castle | Scott Bradley | 4,613 | 0.41% | 0 |
| | Independent | Lynn S. Kahn | Kathleen Monahan | 3,390 | 0.30% | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 1,130,676 | 100.00% | 6 |

#### By county

| County | Donald Trump Republican | Donald Trump Republican | Hillary Clinton Democratic | Hillary Clinton Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Margin | Total |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total |
| Arkansas | 3,826 | 61.59% | 1,939 | 31.21% | 447 | 7.20% | 1,887 | 30.38% | 6,212 |
| Ashley | 5,338 | 66.04% | 2,408 | 29.79% | 337 | 4.17% | 2,930 | 36.25% | 8,083 |
| Baxter | 14,682 | 74.28% | 4,169 | 21.09% | 915 | 4.63% | 10,513 | 53.19% | 19,766 |
| Benton | 60,871 | 62.87% | 28,005 | 28.92% | 7,948 | 8.21% | 32,866 | 33.95% | 96,824 |
| Boone | 12,235 | 75.94% | 2,926 | 18.16% | 950 | 5.90% | 9,309 | 57.78% | 16,111 |
| Bradley | 2,164 | 59.24% | 1,317 | 36.05% | 172 | 4.71% | 847 | 23.19% | 3,653 |
| Calhoun | 1,556 | 68.58% | 639 | 28.16% | 74 | 3.26% | 917 | 40.42% | 2,269 |
| Carroll | 6,786 | 63.08% | 3,342 | 31.07% | 630 | 5.85% | 3,444 | 32.01% | 10,758 |
| Chicot | 1,716 | 41.09% | 2,350 | 56.27% | 110 | 2.64% | -634 | -15.18% | 4,176 |
| Clark | 4,404 | 51.65% | 3,620 | 42.46% | 502 | 5.89% | 784 | 9.19% | 8,526 |
| Clay | 3,781 | 72.71% | 1,199 | 23.06% | 220 | 4.23% | 2,582 | 49.65% | 5,200 |
| Cleburne | 9,458 | 78.26% | 2,101 | 17.39% | 526 | 4.35% | 7,357 | 60.87% | 12,085 |
| Cleveland | 2,462 | 73.40% | 723 | 21.56% | 169 | 5.04% | 1,739 | 51.84% | 3,354 |
| Columbia | 5,456 | 61.39% | 3,140 | 35.33% | 291 | 3.28% | 2,316 | 26.06% | 8,887 |
| Conway | 4,849 | 61.17% | 2,656 | 33.51% | 422 | 5.32% | 2,193 | 27.66% | 7,927 |
| Craighead | 22,892 | 64.35% | 10,538 | 29.62% | 2,143 | 6.03% | 12,354 | 34.73% | 35,573 |
| Crawford | 16,686 | 74.33% | 4,488 | 19.99% | 1,276 | 5.68% | 12,198 | 54.34% | 22,450 |
| Crittenden | 6,964 | 43.66% | 8,410 | 52.72% | 578 | 3.62% | -1,446 | -9.06% | 15,952 |
| Cross | 4,584 | 66.69% | 1,999 | 29.08% | 291 | 4.23% | 2,585 | 37.61% | 6,874 |
| Dallas | 1,509 | 54.46% | 1,165 | 42.04% | 97 | 3.50% | 344 | 12.42% | 2,771 |
| Desha | 1,919 | 45.08% | 2,228 | 52.34% | 110 | 2.58% | -309 | -7.26% | 4,257 |
| Drew | 3,968 | 60.17% | 2,365 | 35.86% | 262 | 3.97% | 1,603 | 24.31% | 6,595 |
| Faulkner | 29,346 | 61.75% | 14,629 | 30.78% | 3,552 | 7.47% | 14,717 | 30.97% | 47,527 |
| Franklin | 5,039 | 74.43% | 1,376 | 20.32% | 355 | 5.25% | 3,663 | 54.11% | 6,770 |
| Fulton | 3,471 | 72.74% | 1,067 | 22.36% | 234 | 4.90% | 2,404 | 50.38% | 4,772 |
| Garland | 26,087 | 63.93% | 12,311 | 30.17% | 2,407 | 5.90% | 13,776 | 33.76% | 40,805 |
| Grant | 5,725 | 76.90% | 1,373 | 18.44% | 347 | 4.66% | 4,352 | 58.46% | 7,445 |
| Greene | 10,720 | 73.42% | 3,071 | 21.03% | 809 | 5.55% | 7,649 | 52.39% | 14,600 |
| Hempstead | 4,401 | 62.43% | 2,377 | 33.72% | 271 | 3.85% | 2,024 | 28.71% | 7,049 |
| Hot Spring | 8,172 | 68.42% | 3,149 | 26.36% | 623 | 5.22% | 5,023 | 42.06% | 11,944 |
| Howard | 3,157 | 67.54% | 1,351 | 28.90% | 166 | 3.56% | 1,806 | 38.64% | 4,674 |
| Independence | 9,936 | 72.98% | 2,881 | 21.16% | 797 | 5.86% | 7,055 | 51.82% | 13,614 |
| Izard | 4,042 | 74.19% | 1,113 | 20.43% | 293 | 5.38% | 2,929 | 53.76% | 5,448 |
| Jackson | 3,267 | 63.36% | 1,583 | 30.70% | 306 | 5.94% | 1,684 | 32.66% | 5,156 |
| Jefferson | 9,250 | 35.72% | 15,772 | 60.91% | 872 | 3.37% | -6,522 | -25.19% | 25,894 |
| Johnson | 6,091 | 66.85% | 2,427 | 26.64% | 594 | 6.51% | 3,664 | 40.21% | 9,112 |
| Lafayette | 1,758 | 61.47% | 1,032 | 36.08% | 70 | 2.45% | 726 | 25.39% | 2,860 |
| Lawrence | 4,064 | 71.49% | 1,263 | 22.22% | 358 | 6.29% | 2,801 | 49.27% | 5,685 |
| Lee | 1,229 | 40.61% | 1,735 | 57.34% | 62 | 2.05% | -506 | -16.73% | 3,026 |
| Lincoln | 2,455 | 64.17% | 1,252 | 32.72% | 119 | 3.11% | 1,203 | 31.45% | 3,826 |
| Little River | 3,605 | 68.97% | 1,397 | 26.73% | 225 | 4.30% | 2,208 | 42.24% | 5,227 |
| Logan | 5,746 | 72.54% | 1,715 | 21.65% | 460 | 5.81% | 4,031 | 50.89% | 7,921 |
| Lonoke | 19,958 | 73.65% | 5,664 | 20.90% | 1,478 | 5.45% | 14,294 | 52.75% | 27,100 |
| Madison | 4,928 | 72.04% | 1,588 | 23.21% | 325 | 4.75% | 3,340 | 48.83% | 6,841 |
| Marion | 5,336 | 75.08% | 1,434 | 20.18% | 337 | 4.74% | 3,902 | 54.90% | 7,107 |
| Miller | 11,294 | 70.19% | 4,273 | 26.56% | 524 | 3.25% | 7,021 | 43.63% | 16,091 |
| Mississippi | 7,061 | 53.48% | 5,670 | 42.94% | 473 | 3.58% | 1,391 | 10.54% | 13,204 |
| Monroe | 1,489 | 51.63% | 1,312 | 45.49% | 83 | 2.88% | 177 | 6.14% | 2,884 |
| Montgomery | 2,643 | 74.26% | 748 | 21.02% | 168 | 4.72% | 1,895 | 53.24% | 3,559 |
| Nevada | 2,000 | 61.61% | 1,157 | 35.64% | 89 | 2.75% | 843 | 25.97% | 3,246 |
| Newton | 2,875 | 76.61% | 699 | 18.63% | 179 | 4.76% | 2,176 | 57.98% | 3,753 |
| Ouachita | 5,351 | 53.86% | 4,321 | 43.49% | 263 | 2.65% | 1,030 | 10.37% | 9,935 |
| Perry | 3,008 | 69.86% | 1,049 | 24.36% | 249 | 5.78% | 1,959 | 45.50% | 4,306 |
| Phillips | 2,446 | 35.18% | 4,310 | 61.99% | 197 | 2.83% | -1,864 | -26.81% | 6,953 |
| Pike | 3,150 | 79.13% | 685 | 17.21% | 146 | 3.66% | 2,465 | 61.92% | 3,981 |
| Poinsett | 5,502 | 71.25% | 1,880 | 24.35% | 340 | 4.40% | 3,622 | 46.90% | 7,722 |
| Polk | 6,618 | 80.40% | 1,212 | 14.72% | 401 | 4.88% | 5,406 | 65.68% | 8,231 |
| Pope | 16,256 | 72.03% | 5,000 | 22.15% | 1,313 | 5.82% | 11,256 | 49.88% | 22,569 |
| Prairie | 2,505 | 72.74% | 814 | 23.64% | 125 | 3.62% | 1,691 | 49.10% | 3,444 |
| Pulaski | 61,257 | 38.34% | 89,574 | 56.06% | 8,945 | 5.60% | -28,317 | -17.72% | 159,776 |
| Randolph | 4,509 | 70.69% | 1,425 | 22.34% | 445 | 6.97% | 3,084 | 48.35% | 6,379 |
| St. Francis | 3,195 | 43.00% | 4,031 | 54.25% | 204 | 2.75% | -836 | -11.25% | 7,430 |
| Saline | 35,863 | 68.83% | 13,256 | 25.44% | 2,981 | 5.73% | 22,607 | 43.39% | 52,100 |
| Scott | 2,731 | 77.81% | 602 | 17.15% | 177 | 5.04% | 2,129 | 60.66% | 3,510 |
| Searcy | 2,955 | 79.27% | 601 | 16.12% | 172 | 4.61% | 2,354 | 63.15% | 3,728 |
| Sebastian | 29,127 | 65.25% | 12,300 | 27.56% | 3,210 | 7.19% | 16,827 | 37.69% | 44,637 |
| Sevier | 3,282 | 71.94% | 1,075 | 23.56% | 205 | 4.50% | 2,207 | 48.38% | 4,562 |
| Sharp | 5,407 | 74.59% | 1,472 | 20.31% | 370 | 5.10% | 3,935 | 54.28% | 7,249 |
| Stone | 4,113 | 73.21% | 1,203 | 21.41% | 302 | 5.38% | 2,910 | 51.80% | 5,618 |
| Union | 10,456 | 61.89% | 5,855 | 34.66% | 583 | 3.45% | 4,601 | 27.23% | 16,894 |
| Van Buren | 5,382 | 73.33% | 1,549 | 21.11% | 408 | 5.56% | 3,833 | 52.22% | 7,339 |
| Washington | 41,476 | 50.67% | 33,366 | 40.76% | 7,019 | 8.57% | 8,110 | 9.91% | 81,861 |
| White | 21,077 | 75.28% | 5,170 | 18.46% | 1,752 | 6.26% | 15,907 | 56.82% | 27,999 |
| Woodruff | 1,347 | 52.39% | 1,118 | 43.49% | 106 | 4.12% | 229 | 8.90% | 2,571 |
| Yell | 4,608 | 71.56% | 1,480 | 22.98% | 351 | 5.46% | 3,128 | 48.58% | 6,439 |
| Totals | 684,872 | 60.57% | 380,494 | 33.65% | 65,310 | 5.78% | 304,378 | 26.92% | 1,130,676 |
* Democratic — +7.5-10%
* Democratic — +5-7.5%
* Democratic — +2.5-5%
* Democratic — +0-2.5%
* Republican — +0-2.5%
* Republican — +2.5-5%
* Republican — +5-7.5%
* Republican — +7.5-10%
* Republican — +10-12.5%
* Republican — +12.5-15%
* Republican — +>15%
* Democratic — +7.5-10%
* Democratic — +5-7.5%
* Democratic — +2.5-5%
* Democratic — +0-2.5%
* Republican — +0-2.5%
* Republican — +2.5-5%
* Republican — +5-7.5%
* Republican — +7.5-10%
* Republican — +10-12.5%
* Republican — +12.5-15%
* Republican — +>15%
* Democratic  Hold Republican  Hold  Gain from Democratic
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
* Woodruff (largest city: Augusta)

#### By congressional district

Trump won all four of the state's congressional districts.
| District | Trump | Clinton | Representative |
| 1st | 65.0% | 30.2% | Rick Crawford |
| 2nd | 52.4% | 41.7% | French Hill |
| 3rd | 61.9% | 30.5% | Steve Womack |
| 4th | 64.2% | 31.3% | Bruce Westerman |

### Turnout

The voter turnout in Arkansas was 64.65% with 1,137,772 ballots cast out of 1,759,974 registered voters.